Method of and device for advertising coloring materials, paint, &amp;c.



No. 786,210. PATENTED MAR. 28, 1905.

J. P. GOULD.

METHOD OF AND DEVICE FOR ADVERTISING COLORING MATERIALS, PAINT, 8L0. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 8, 1904.

be as follows: At the uppermost line in the center of the card may be printed the word Ceiling, below that the words Factory No. 10, below that Price per gal. $1.00, and below that Sq. Ft. per gal. 150. On the next line, in the center of the card, may be printed the word Frieze, below that the words Factory No. 18, below that the words Price per gal. $1.25, and below that the words Sq. ft. per gal. 175. On the next line, in the center of the'card, may be printed the words Side \Vall, below that the words Factory No. 25, below that the words Price per gal. $1.50, and below that the words Sq. ft. per gal. 200. At the bottom of the card, at the lines there indicated by H, may be printed the words John Doe & Co, followed by the words lNIZLUHfRClJUIGI" and the address, as indicated upon the card.

The above is given as an example merely of various modifications of the printed matter, as will be obvious to those familiar with this trade.

In Fig. 3 I show a view in which the upper or ceiling section A of the device has been bent at right angles, or substantially so, to the other parts of the card which simulate the vertical walls. hen the card so bent is viewed from underneath, an optical effect identical with that of the finished apartment or room is secured.

In the actual use of my invention a skilled colorist will be employed to prepare a large number of color schemes using the materials of the manufacturer in a great variety of harmonizing and artistic eon'ibinations including, if desired, in addition to the wall and ceiling finish, the stencil-work of the dado, frieze, corner-piece, centerpiece, &c., and these cards, which may be of such size as preferred, preferably about three inches wide and six or eight inches long, may be conveniently transported or sent through the mail, from which decorators and painters, as well as their customers, may make selections and ascertain the price and other data, as above stated.

Among the advantages secured by my invention are the following:

First. Never before has there been presented upon a small and compact card a complete color scheme in miniature produced in the actual goods themselves.

Second. Never before has there been produced upon such compact easily-transported card a color scheme in miniature of a complete room or apartment in which the respective areas of wall and ceiling, dado, frieze, cornice, &c., bear the proper proportions relative to each other either in the actual materials or otherwise.

Third. Never before has there been produced a color scheme for an apartment or room either in the actual goods themselves or otherwise upon a flexible support, so that upon bending over one section or part thereof which represents the ceiling of the apartment or room an optical effect identical with that which will be presented in the actual use of the materials may be obtained by viewing the device so bent from below.

Fourth. Never before has there been a color scheme produced in the actual goods upon one side of a card or sheet with memoranda also on the card identifying the colors and giving other data, instructions, or information whereby the decorator or dealer can conveniently and speedily determine the cost of doing the work contemplated.

Fifth. Never before has there been a decorative color scheme embodying all features of wall and ceiling decorationthat is to say, side wall, ceiling, dado, frieze, cornice, corner and center pieces, panel-work, and the like, more or less of them, as contemplated in the design-produced in miniature and bearing the proportionate area, size, &c., relative to each other upon a single surface or sheet, whereby an actual demonstration is afforded in a unitary structure of the effect which will be produced in the finished apartment.

1 claim- 1. A suitable card or sheet having produced thereon in the actual materials a facsimile in miniature of the color scheme for a room or apartment.

2. A suitable card or sheet having produced thereon in the actual materials a facsimile in miniature of the color and stencil scheme for a room or apartment.

3. A suitable card or sheet having produced thereon in the actual materials a facsimile in miniature of the walls, ceiling and stencil color scheme of a room or apartment, the areas, size and location of the various colored and decorated surfaces being proportioned relative to each other, although greatly reduced, the same as in the room or apartment.

4:. A suitable flexible card or sheet having produced thereon in the actual materials a facsimile in miniature of the color scheme for the walls and ceiling of a room or apartment.

5. A suitable flexible card or sheet having produced thereon in the actual materials and by the tools and processes actually used in doing the work, a facsimile in miniature of the color scheme for a room or apartment.

6. A suitable card or sheet having produced thereon in the actual materials a facsimile in miniature of the color scheme for a room or apartment and bearing also suitable data whereby the colors may be identified and their cost and other information desired readily ascertained.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. JOHN F. GOULD.

\Vitnesses:

PHILLIPS ABBOTT, F. M. DOUSBACH. 

